1. Most roofs aren't flat. 2. For pitched roofs, you're only going to want to install on the south or west facing sides. So only some percentage of your roof area is ideal.

A pitched roof and installing on only half doesn't change it that much. If your roof is 45deg then you're talking about a 24x24 building. If that's two stories this is 1152sqft, still less than half the size of the median US house.

There are roof designs where even on a large house 21 panels won't fit, but looking around my neigborhood most houses could easily do that many.

And if you have a hip roof, it may be an exercise in fitting a rectangular peg in a triangular hole.

https://www.infiniteenergy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/06...

Wouldn't the panels be the same pitch as the roof, so you'd reduce the footprint there as well?

Or, claim the entered compensation is not accurate and maintain the status quo.

Right, but that's the expected response. Of course the company is going to claim inaccuracy. It doesn't grant them any more credibility than they would already have if it turns out they are actually right. Another point for the organizers.

Some people don't like whiteboarding or timed pair programming because it's not close to a real-work environment.

Some people don't like take-homes that replicate scenarios/projects because they think it's too close to real work and want to be paid instead!

There's no pleasing everyone with interviewing processes.

This idea seems really similar to Detour, created by Andrew Mason and later acquired by Bose: https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/24/bose-acquires-andrew-mason...

The idea of running it through a pair of AR sunglasses is wild! We were doing it strictly on smartphones - some of the biggest headaches came as a result of Apple's App Store process - we had to rework everything and since the back end was independent that meant we had to rework the android version as well.

I really liked Detour. Had some interesting walking tours of SF thanks to this app.

You could build up housing density in the places that people work so they wouldn't have to commute.

Agreed. React Context wonderfully handles state that will only ever live locally/"on the client".

I don't mind Redux for local state management, but it's a little overkill if you aren't using it already to handle API state.

Using Apollo on the client side makes me want to pull my hair out though.

You should choose the TN occupational category that will fit your job description and experience/education best.

That's correct and the occupations that I/you listed are all solid TN occupations - meaning generally there's no issue getting them if you also have the appropriate corresponding education.

Carta (from the article) posted the benefits for employees who got laid off. They're pretty amazing relative to others. https://medium.com/@henrysward/cartas-covid-19-layoff-cbb80e...

Having been through several rounds of layoffs, Henry's letter/statement seems incredibly humane and thoughtful given the circumstances.

3 months severance is California law and part of the CA-Warn act. Nice they covered cobra till the end of the year.

The WARN Act is not severance! It requires that the company notify employees 60 days in advance of a mass layoff. They don't have to specifically notify the individuals being laid off.

There is no requirement for severance in California!

Most companies forgo notification and pay out two months of pay. So it becomes a defacto severance. Do you know any company that actually gave notice and kept the employees on for two months?

I didn't know this existed. However it seems California’s Governor, Gavin Newsom, has issued an Executive Order to suspend the state’s WARN Act until the end of the COVID-19 emergency.

I didn't see anything about stock options in the announcement. Is it in there and I missed it?

> Third, if you have been with us for less than one year, we have removed your cliff and extended your PTE to 1 year from today. You joined Carta to create owners and to become one. Everyone affected today will be an owner of Carta.

PTE = Post-termination Exercise

I saw that, but what does that mean for an employee who has been there for 3 years and has a significant amount of equity vested? Do they have to buy it immediately? If so, they might as well not even bother since cash is going to be king for those employees and risking cash + tax liability is probably far from ideal.

Carta's policy is that your PTE period is the length of your tenure. So those employees with > 3 years have > 3 years to exercise.

If they are non-qual options, why not make them 10 years like other companies. Why the short expiration? I'd rather have ISOs and the chance to cut my tax burden in half. More importantly not having to pay taxes upfront to exercise the options. Doesn't seem employee friendly.

They are ISOs. The standard PTE for most companies is 90 days.

Because 90 days is the IRS rule for options to qualify as ISOs.

That is a solid policy. Very fair.